Scanned negative, 1200 DPI, online JPG saved at 72 DPI 600 pixels on long edge with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Scan is full frame of negative. No correction of film errors. Slight sharpness and contrast adjustments.

Copyright

Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main Street Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744

Source

Madison-Jefferson County Public Library

Identifier

lemen1304-towermandrawing

Notes

Image scanned from negative taken of a picture in a book. Additional information: An early view of the Tower Manufacturing Co. at 110-112 Depot St. The drawing was published in 1899 when the factory was only four years old. According to the May 18, 1899 issue of the Madison Daily Democrat "It turns out tons and tons of cat nails, wire nails and brads, and every description of tacks, single and double pointed. There are 100 tack machines, 40 cut nail machines and 20 wire nail machines." On December 15, 1916 a fire originated in the packing room that destroyed this original structure. The plant relocated its current location at Second and Cragmont streets in 1917. Sources: Madison Daily Democrat; Madison Courier; Historical Files; Sanborn Insurance Maps